Un puente de colaboración entre los botánicos de México
Ricinus communis
Ricinus communisL.
Familia: Euphorbiaceae
higuerilla, ...higuera del diablo, ricino, palma christi (en: Castor-Bean, castorbean, agaliya, castor bean, lama palagi, maskerekur, toto ni vavalagi, uluchula skoki)
[Ricinus africanus Mill., Ricinus communis var. africanus (Mill.) Müll. Arg., Ricinus communis var. lividus , Ricinus communis var. megalospermus , Ricinus communis var. rugosus Müll.Arg., Ricinus megalospermus Delile]
Tall, stout, glabrous annual (perennial and arborescent in warmer climates) with large (1-4 dm wide), peltate, subrotund, palmately 6-11-lobed lvs and large racemes of fls; seeds 1 cm, violently poisonous; 2n=20. Rarely adventive in waste places with us.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.